IDT Stock — IDT Corporation

IDT Corporation (IDT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

IDT is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.35%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.33%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 75/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 616.4% over the past 25.4 years, 218.2 points behind SPY at 834.6%.

IDT Corporation is a diversified communications and payments services company operating through four segments: National Retail Solutions (point-of-sale terminals and merchant services for retailers), Fintech (international money remittance and digital payments), Net2phone (unified communications and contact center services), and Traditional Communications (international voice and SMS services). The company distributes quarterly at a modest rate. IDT may appeal to investors seeking exposure to the telecommunications and financial services sectors, though the company's multi-segment structure means returns depend on performance across several distinct business lines.

IDT performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 616.4% over the past 25.4 years, 218.2 points behind SPY at 834.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 69.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.8%.

IDT key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

75 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.26%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/16/2001

Distribution rate

0.35%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.33%

5-year average yield

4.14

Last close

$80.67 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,876,735,921

Average volume

191553.0

Dividend

$0.07

Ex-dividend date

10/05/2026

Payment date

10/14/2026

Beta

0.623

Payout ratio

7.1%

P/E ratio

23.59

Forward P/E

12.0482

EPS

$3.42

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.35%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.33%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

IDT risks and drawbacks

IDT's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 10.8%.

Who may consider IDT — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (IDT pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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